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salin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 07:32 PM
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13. Get this one - a few years ago
kids at an elementary school, were taught how to write letters to family members and family friends asking them to buy magazine subscriptions, and that the money raised would go to the school.

The kids were coached in very manipulative language to put in the letters. They were coached in who they should target (eg who would be guilted into buying).

Fortunately I have never heard of this program again. I think it was pretty soundly put down as being in exceptionally poor taste.
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  -My boy, the salesman. Must_B_Free  Aug-21-03 04:49 AM   #0 
  - Welcome to school fundraising  sandnsea   Aug-21-03 05:22 AM   #1 
  - I think this is pretty atrocious  Paschall   Aug-21-03 09:24 AM   #2 
  - Thanks for digging up those details  Must_B_Free   Aug-21-03 01:51 PM   #4 
     - For some reason, both my internet search engines  Paschall   Aug-22-03 03:11 AM   #17 
  - You child is being exploited  sangh0   Aug-21-03 09:29 AM   #3 
  - I Agree. It Is Exploitation  OrdinaryTa   Aug-21-03 02:43 PM   #5 
     - Share the info in this thread  sham   Aug-21-03 03:10 PM   #6 
  - Too bad the US gubmint has muchos dineros available  JohnyCanuck   Aug-21-03 03:23 PM   #7 
  - Ah! So *that* explains why we don't bother to fund "extras" in our schools  KamaAina   Aug-21-03 05:53 PM   #8 
  - Readers Digest is a right-wing rag  Bandit   Aug-21-03 06:17 PM   #9 
  - I absolutely REFUSED to allow my kids to sell ANYTHING  SoCalDem   Aug-21-03 06:26 PM   #10 
  - Our son in the 80's  kittykitty   Aug-21-03 07:24 PM   #11 
  - I remember that  HEyHEY   Aug-21-03 07:30 PM   #12 
  - Get this one - a few years ago  salin   Aug-21-03 07:32 PM   #13 
  - The way they do it in Fayettenam  jmowreader   Aug-21-03 07:42 PM   #14 
  - Well just to hell with all kids' activities  sandnsea   Aug-21-03 08:07 PM   #15 
  - Sandnsea, I think it was more the way they were being taught to sell  greekspeak   Aug-21-03 08:44 PM   #16 
  - No, school is not free  Paschall   Aug-22-03 03:22 AM   #18 
  - I Disagree  stunted evolution   Aug-22-03 06:22 AM   #19 
     - From a PTA mom  stunted evolution   Aug-22-03 09:41 AM   #20 
  - Don't buy the goods, contribute cash  Hamlette   Aug-22-03 09:56 AM   #21 
  - Well  jiacinto   Aug-22-03 10:01 AM   #22 
  - This should not be part of the curriculum!  kittykitty   Aug-22-03 10:16 AM   #23 
 

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